Lisa Peña - Demanding accountability in our classrooms by building radical empathy.
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Dr. Lisa Peña is a coach’s wife and busy mom of three, including a daughter who has a unique subset of autism. Dr. Peña is from the Rio Grande Valley where she has served our country’s veterans as a clinical pharmacist for over ten years. She is a powerful public speaker and shows a particular passion in building radical empathy within the public school system. Dr. Peña is the co-founder of the nonprofit Labeled & Loved where she serves as Vice-President. She is an author and blogger and believes that impactful storytelling has the potential to change the world. If Dr. Peña is not sitting at her desk in her barn house dreaming of ways to better serve her community, you can find her on a football field or arm in arm with the guy she has loved since she was fifteen. www.drlisapena.com www.labeledandloved.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jess-ronne/support
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